Faith in Different Languages
Discover 'Faith' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Faith
Afrikaans geloof | ||
Albanian besim | ||
Amharic እምነት | ||
Arabic الإيمان | ||
Armenian հավատ | ||
Assamese ভৰসা | ||
Aymara iyawsawi | ||
Azerbaijani iman | ||
Bambara dannaya | ||
Basque fedea | ||
Belarusian вера | ||
Bengali বিশ্বাস | ||
Bhojpuri भरोसा | ||
Bosnian vjera | ||
Bulgarian вяра | ||
Catalan fe | ||
Cebuano pagtoo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 信仰 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 信仰 | ||
Corsican fede | ||
Croatian vjera | ||
Czech víra | ||
Danish tro | ||
Dhivehi އީމާންތެރިކަން | ||
Dogri तबार | ||
Dutch geloof | ||
English faith | ||
Esperanto fido | ||
Estonian usk | ||
Ewe xᴐse | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pananampalataya | ||
Finnish usko | ||
French foi | ||
Frisian leauwe | ||
Galician fe | ||
Georgian რწმენა | ||
German vertrauen | ||
Greek πίστη | ||
Guarani jerovia | ||
Gujarati વિશ્વાસ | ||
Haitian Creole lafwa | ||
Hausa bangaskiya | ||
Hawaiian manaʻoʻiʻo | ||
Hebrew אֱמוּנָה | ||
Hindi आस्था | ||
Hmong kev ntseeg | ||
Hungarian hit | ||
Icelandic trú | ||
Igbo okwukwe | ||
Ilocano pammati | ||
Indonesian iman | ||
Irish creideamh | ||
Italian fede | ||
Japanese 信仰 | ||
Javanese iman | ||
Kannada ನಂಬಿಕೆ | ||
Kazakh сенім | ||
Khmer ជំនឿ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwizera | ||
Konkani भावार्थ | ||
Korean 신앙 | ||
Krio fet | ||
Kurdish bawerî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) باوەڕ | ||
Kyrgyz ишеним | ||
Lao ສັດທາ | ||
Latin fidem | ||
Latvian ticība | ||
Lingala kondima | ||
Lithuanian tikėjimas | ||
Luganda okukkiriza | ||
Luxembourgish glawen | ||
Macedonian вера | ||
Maithili आस्था | ||
Malagasy finoana | ||
Malay iman | ||
Malayalam വിശ്വാസം | ||
Maltese fidi | ||
Maori whakapono | ||
Marathi विश्वास | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥꯖꯕ ꯊꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo rinna | ||
Mongolian итгэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ယုံကြည်ခြင်း | ||
Nepali विश्वास | ||
Norwegian tro | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chikhulupiriro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିଶ୍ୱାସ | ||
Oromo amantii | ||
Pashto باور | ||
Persian ایمان | ||
Polish wiara | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fé | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ | ||
Quechua iñiy | ||
Romanian credinţă | ||
Russian вера | ||
Samoan faʻatuatua | ||
Sanskrit विश्वासः | ||
Scots Gaelic creideamh | ||
Sepedi tumelo | ||
Serbian вера | ||
Sesotho tumelo | ||
Shona kutenda | ||
Sindhi يقين | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විශ්වාසය | ||
Slovak viera | ||
Slovenian vera | ||
Somali iimaanka | ||
Spanish fe | ||
Sundanese iman | ||
Swahili imani | ||
Swedish tro | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pananampalataya | ||
Tajik имон | ||
Tamil நம்பிக்கை | ||
Tatar иман | ||
Telugu విశ్వాసం | ||
Thai ศรัทธา | ||
Tigrinya እምነት | ||
Tsonga ripfumelo | ||
Turkish inanç | ||
Turkmen iman | ||
Twi (Akan) gyidie | ||
Ukrainian віра | ||
Urdu ایمان | ||
Uyghur ئېتىقاد | ||
Uzbek imon | ||
Vietnamese niềm tin | ||
Welsh ffydd | ||
Xhosa ukholo | ||
Yiddish אמונה | ||
Yoruba igbagbọ | ||
Zulu ukholo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Geloof" comes from the Proto-West Germanic word "*ga-laubōn," meaning "to believe" or "to hold as true." |
| Albanian | "Besim" in Albanian also refers to a religious community or belief system, including non-theistic ones. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word "እምነት" (faith) is often used to describe both religious beliefs and general trust. |
| Arabic | The word |
| Armenian | The Armenian word հավատ (havat) can also mean "trust," "belief," or "confidence." |
| Azerbaijani | "İman" sözü Arapça "eman" sözünden köken alır ve "güven" anlamına gelir. |
| Basque | Fedea is a Basque word originating from the Late Latin 'fede' |
| Belarusian | Слово «вера» в белорусском также означает «религия» |
| Bengali | The word বিশ্বাস, meaning faith, can also mean belief, trust, or confidence. |
| Bosnian | The word originates from Latin `verus`, true, via Italian `verità` or Venetian `vera`. |
| Bulgarian | The word "вяра" (faith) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *věrъ, which also means "truth" or "trust". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, besides the religious meaning of "faith", "fe" can also mean "deed" or "fact". |
| Cebuano | The word "pagtoo" in Cebuano can also mean "belief" or "trust". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "信仰" (xìnyǎng) also means "belief" or "religion". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 信仰 (xìnyǎng) means 'belief' but also refers to a religious sect or doctrine. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word fede is a cognate of French "foi" meaning "faith," as well as of Greek "pistis" meaning "belief" or "conviction," which is its origin. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, 'vjera' can also refer to the name of a medieval assembly or belief in general. |
| Czech | The word “víra” also has a separate meaning, “belief,” and stems from the Proto-Indo-European root “*wero-,” meaning 'to trust' or 'to tell the truth' |
| Danish | The word “tro” also means “trust” in Old Norse, and is related to the English word “true”. |
| Dutch | Geloof, meaning “faith” in Dutch, is derived from a Proto-Indo-European root signifying “to think” or “to know”. |
| Esperanto | The word “fido” in Esperanto, derived from Latin, also signifies “trustworthy.” |
| Estonian | Although its original meaning is unclear, it may be connected to words like "usky" and "uskuda"} |
| Finnish | The Proto-Uralic word *usko meant 'trust', 'belief', 'confidence', and 'certainty'. |
| French | In French, the word "foi" can also refer to a pledge, a sworn oath, or a feudal pact. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "leauwe" is cognate to the English word "belief". |
| Galician | In Galician, "fe" additionally refers to a small area where crops or grass can grow. |
| German | The German word "Vertrauen" is also used in a specific legal context to indicate a "fiduciary duty" or a "mandate"} |
| Greek | The Greek word "πίστη" (pistis) originally meant "trust" or "confidence" and could refer to human relationships or to religious belief. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "વિશ્વાસ" is cognate to the Sanskrit word "विश्वास", which means both "faith" and "confidence". |
| Haitian Creole | "Lafwa" in Haitian Creole, derived from the Igbo word "àlà", traditionally meant "word" or "speech" before taking on its modern religious connotation. |
| Hausa | "Bangaskiya" means "faith" in Hausa and derives from the Arabic word "baṅgāshiya" meaning "assurance". |
| Hawaiian | "Manaʻoʻiʻo" also refers to "thinking" and "belief" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word אֱמוּנָה can also refer to "truthfulness" or "reliability". |
| Hindi | The word "आस्था" (aastha) in Hindi derives from the Sanskrit root "श्रद्धा" (shraddha) meaning "faith, trust, belief, devotion" and also "an offering made to the ancestors". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev ntseeg" can also refer to "religion" or "belief system". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "hit" can also refer to "the act of believing" or "the object of belief". |
| Icelandic | Trú, meaning "faith" in Icelandic, is linked to the Old Norse word trúa, which means "to rely on" or "to trust". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word |
| Indonesian | The word "iman" in Indonesian also has an alternate meaning of "belief" or "conviction." |
| Irish | Irish word "Creideamh" means "faith" but derives from the older word "creidim," meaning "I believe". |
| Italian | 'Fede' derives from the Latin 'fides', meaning 'trust' or 'loyalty'. |
| Japanese | The word "信仰" (shinkō) can also mean "belief" or "trust" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Iman" is also short for the Javanese phrase "iman mantap," meaning "strong faith." |
| Kannada | The word "ನಂಬಿಕೆ" can also refer to belief, trust or confidence. |
| Kazakh | The word «сенім» (senіm) «faith» comes from the Proto-Turkic word «śäŋim» «to believe», also related to the Proto-Indo-European word «*krei-» «to trust». |
| Khmer | ជំនឿ means not just 'faith' but also 'belief', 'assurance', and 'confidence'. |
| Korean | The word "신앙" ("faith") in Korean can also mean "belief", "conviction", or "principle." |
| Kurdish | The word 'bawerî' in Kurdish is cognate with Persian 'bāvarī' ('belief, faith') |
| Kyrgyz | Ишеним can also mean "conviction" or "belief". |
| Lao | In Buddhist contexts, 'ສັດທາ' also means 'belief in the teachings of the Buddha'. |
| Latin | The Latin word "fidem" (faith) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "bheidh-," meaning "to trust" or "to confide." |
| Latvian | In Old Latvian, "ticība" meant "knowledge" or "information passed down orally". |
| Lithuanian | The etymology of "tikėjimas" in Lithuanian is uncertain, potentially stemming from Proto-Baltic "*teik-", meaning "to believe" or "to trust". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Glawen" is derived from the Old High German word "galoubo", meaning "belief" or "trust". |
| Macedonian | In Bulgarian, вера (vera) means "deceit" or "treason". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "finoana" is derived from the Arabic word "iman", meaning "belief" or "faith". |
| Malay | An alternate meaning of "iman" in Malay is "a belief". |
| Malayalam | The word "വിശ്വാസം" can also mean trust, confidence, or belief. |
| Maltese | "Fidi" also refers to the Catholic diocese in Malta or to a traditional cotton scarf worn by local female devotees. |
| Maori | The word 'whakapono' also means 'to acknowledge' or 'to make real,' suggesting that faith is not merely intellectual assent but an active commitment. |
| Marathi | विश्वास (viswās) derives from Sanskrit and also means 'assurance', 'conviction', 'certainty', 'reassurance' or 'reliance'. |
| Mongolian | The word "итгэл" can also refer to "belief," "trust," or "conviction." |
| Nepali | विश्वास, meaning 'faith' in Nepali, comes from the Sanskrit word 'Viśvāsa', meaning 'trust' or 'assurance'. |
| Norwegian | The word "tro" in Norwegian can also refer to "belief" or "trust" and is derived from the Old Norse "trau" meaning "to believe" or "to trust". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'chikhulupiriro' is derived from a verb that means to trust or rely, and the prefix 'chi-' to denote the noun form. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word 'باور' can also refer to belief in supernatural beings or forces. |
| Persian | The word "ایمان" can also refer to "belief" or "trust" in Persian. |
| Polish | "Wiara" is a Slavic word and it also means "rope" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Fé originates from the Latin word "fides", meaning "trust" or "confidence". In Portuguese, it has the additional meaning of "belief" or "religion". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "credinţă" derives from Latin "credentia" "belief, trust" and ultimately from the verb "credere" "to believe, to trust". |
| Russian | The root of the word “вера” (“faith”) may have also meant “truth” and is also present in the Russian word for “credence” (“вери́ть” — “to believe”). |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fa'atuatua" is a compound of "fa'a" (an intensifier) and "tuatua" (to be sure or certain). |
| Scots Gaelic | Creideamh, 'faith' in Scots Gaelic, derives from the Old Irish word 'cretem', and cognate with Welsh 'cred', Cornish 'cres', and Breton 'cred' |
| Serbian | The root of the word 'вера' is 'вѣра', which means 'belief' or 'trust'. |
| Sesotho | The word "tumelo" in Sesotho also refers to a belief in the power of a higher being or beings. |
| Shona | The word "kutenda" in Shona also relates to the concept of fidelity, reliability, and dependability. |
| Sindhi | 'يقين (yakeen)' derives from Arabic and may also refer to truthfulness. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "විශ්වාසය" can refer to both religious and secular faith and can also mean "confidence" or "belief". |
| Slovak | The word "viera" (faith) in Slovak also means "belief", "trust", "confidence", and "credence". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "vera" also means "chain" and derives from the Proto-Slavic word *vьra, which meant both "faith" and "cord". |
| Somali | In Somali 'iimaanka'' means 'the state of believing,' which can extend to include both trust and confidence as well as religious faith. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, 'fe' can also refer to belief in something that isn't necessarily religion. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "iman" also refers to the sacred texts or religious doctrine. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "imani" also means "belief" or "religion" and derives from the Arabic word "īmān" (faith). |
| Swedish | The word "tro" comes from Old Norse "trú", meaning "confidence, assurance". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pananampalataya" derives from the root word "ampalataya," meaning "faith" or "trust." |
| Tajik | The word "имон" has been used with the meaning of "conscience" in some Farsi sources. |
| Tamil | "நம்பிக்கை" (faith) derives from Proto-Dravidian "*namb" (to trust, rely on) and can also refer to belief, trust, reliance, and confidence. |
| Telugu | విశ్వాసం (faith) comes from the Sanskrit word 'viçvAsa,' which means 'to trust' or 'to be confident' |
| Thai | In addition to the more common meaning "faith," the Thai word ศรัทธา (sà-ràt-thaa) can also refer to "respectful attention" or "devoted service." |
| Turkish | The word "inanç" (faith) in Turkish originates from the Arabic word "īman" (belief) and also means "trust" or "confidence". |
| Ukrainian | The word "віра" (faith) in Ukrainian also means "belief" or "trust" and derives from the Proto-Slavic word *vьra, which means "truth" or "rightness." |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'ایمان' (iman) originates from the Arabic root 'a-m-n' ('security'), and also has the connotation of 'belief' and 'trust'. |
| Uzbek | The word "imon" in Uzbek also carries the meanings "belief" and "trust". |
| Vietnamese | The word "niềm tin" also means "trust" or "confidence". |
| Welsh | Although often interpreted as 'faith', ffydd's primary meaning is 'assurance' or the act of placing trust in something. |
| Xhosa | "Ukholo" is also used to refer to a type of traditional medicine that is believed to have healing powers. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אמונה" also means "belief" or "trust" and derives from the Hebrew "אמן" (Amen). |
| Yoruba | Igbagbọ is linguistically rooted in the Yoruba concept of belief and trust, and can also refer to the hope or expectation of a future event or outcome. |
| Zulu | Ukholo literally means 'something leaned on', from khola, 'to rely on'. |
| English | English word "faith" derives from Latin "fides", meaning "trust" as well as "loyalty" or "honesty" |